#THE REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 2019 

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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS                                                                                                      

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###SECTIONS 

1. Short title.
2. Repeal of certain enactments.
3. Amendment of certain enactments.
4. Savings. 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. 

 
 
#THE REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 2019 

##ACT NO. 31 OF 2019 

[8th August, 2019.] 

An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. **Short title.**—This Act may be called the Repealing and Amending Act, 2019.  

2. **Repeal  of  certain  enactments.**—The  enactments  specified  in  the  First  Schedule  are  hereby 
repealed.  

3. **Amendment  of  certain  enactments.**—The  enactments  specified  in  the  Second  Schedule  are 
hereby amended to the extent and in the manner specified in the fourth column thereof.  

4. **Savings.**—The  repeal  by  this  Act  of  any  enactment  shall  not  affect  any  other  enactment  in 
which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to;  

and  this  Act  shall  not  affect  the  validity,  invalidity,  effect  or  consequences  of  anything  already 
done or suffered, or any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred, or any 
remedy  or  proceeding  in  respect  thereof,  or  any  release  or  discharge  of  or  from  any  debt,  penalty, 
obligation, liability, claim or demand, or any indemnity already granted, or the proof of any past act 
or thing; 

nor shall this Act affect any principle or rule of law, or established jurisdiction, form or course of 
pleading, practice or procedure, or existing usage, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office or 
appointment,  notwithstanding  that  the same  respectively  may  have  been  in  any  manner  affirmed  or 
recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed; 

 nor shall the repeal by this Act of any enactment revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, custom, 
liability,  right,  title,  privilege,  restriction,  exemption,  usage,  practice,  procedure  or  other  matter  or 
thing not now existing or in force. 

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##THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

(See section 2) 

###REPEALS 
 
| Year | Act No. | Short Title |
| ------ | --------- | -------------- |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 
| ------ | --------- | -------------- |
| 1850 | XII | The Public Accountants’ Defaults Act, 1850. |
| 1881 | XI | The Municipal Taxation Act, 1881. |
| 1892 | X | The Government Management of Private Estates Act, 1892. |
| 1956 | 69 | The Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Act, 1956. |
| 1958 | 56 | The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Constitution and Proceedings) Validation Act, 1958. |
| 1960 | 22 | The Cotton Transport (Amendment) Act, 1960. |
| 1963 | 1 | The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (Amendment) Act, 1963. |
| 1963 | 35 | The Dramatic Performances (Delhi Repeal) Act, 1963. |
| 1964 | 10 | The Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Amendment Act, 1964. |
| 1968 | 49 | The Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Cantonment Repeal) Act, 1968. |
| 1973 | 56 | The Alcock Ashdown Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act, 1973. |
| 1976 | 55 | The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act, 1976. | 
| 1976 | 61 | The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1976. |
| 1976 | 62 | The Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976. |
| 1980 | 68 | The Tea (Amendment) Act, 1980. |
| 1981 | 62 | The Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1981. |
| 1982 | 63 | The Road Transport Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1982. |
| 1983 | 41 | The Transformers and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1983. |
| 1988 | 22 | The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service Co-operative Societies (Appointment of Special Officers) Amendment Act, 1988. |
| 1999 | 3 | The High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Amendment Act, 1998. |
| 2001 | 39 | The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2001. |
| 2001 | 48 | The Registration and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001. |
| 2002 | 16 | The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2002. |
| 2002 | 43 | The Delhi University (Amendment) Act, 2002. |
| 2007 | 3 | The Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Amendment Act, 2006. |
| 2007 | 28 | The Central Road Fund (Amendment) Act, 2007. |
| 2009 | 21 | The Prevention of Money-laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009. |
| 2009 | 22 | The Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act, 2009. |
| 2009 | 38 | The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2009. |
| 2010 | 3 | The Civil Defence (Amendment) Act, 2009. |
| 2011 | 6 | The Repatriation of Prisoners (Amendment) Act, 2011. |
| 2011 | 14 | The Customs (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2011. |
| 2012 | 28 | The National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012. |
| 2012 | 34 | The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012. |
| 2014 | 8 | The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Act, 2014. |
| 2014 | 9 | The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| 2014 | 19 | The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| 2014 | 20 | The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| 2014 | 31 | The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| 2014 | 32 | The Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| 2014 | 39 | The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| 2015 | 2 | The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act, 2015. |
| 2015 | 3 | The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| 2015 | 5 | The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| 2015 | 10 | The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015. |
| 2015 | 12 | The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| 2015 | 14 | The Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| 2015 | 16 | The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| 2015 | 21 | The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| 2016 | 10 | The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016. |
| 2016 | 13 | The High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2016. |
| 2016 | 25 | The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016. |
| 2016 | 42 | The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2016. |
| 2016 | 45 | The Central Agricultural University (Amendment) Act, 2016. |
| 2016 | 48 | The Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016. |
| 2017 | 19 | The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2017. |
| 2017 | 21 | The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Act, 2017. |
| 2017 | 25 | The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017. |



##THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

(See section 3)  

###AMENDMENTS 

| Year | Act No. | Short title | Amendments |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1961 | 43 | The Income-tax Act, 1961 | In section 54GA, in the Explanation to sub-section (1), in clause (a), after the word,  brackets,  letters  “clause  (za)”, the words and figure “of section 2” shall be inserted. |
| 2017 | 33 | The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 | (i)  in  section  3,  in  clause  (f),  for  the  words  “Director”, means’, the words “Director” means’ shall be substituted; |
| | | | (ii)  in  section  36,  in  sub-section  (1),  for  the  word “Ordinance”, the word “Ordinances” shall be substituted. |